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Cape Camera September 2024

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Have you entered the CTPS
Annual Competition?

You have until October18th to enter our annual com-
petition and become a contender for winning a silver
medal or certificate in each of the eight categories.
Members may enter up to two images in each category
and any image is eligible, provided that it had not been
entered in a CTPS annual competition before.
The categories are Open colour, Open monochrome,
Nature including Wildlife, Photojournalism, Art pho-
tography, Portraiture, Scapes, and Macro and Close
up photography. In the Nature and Photojournalism
categories no manipulation is allowed. Read more
about the PSSA definitions here or download Jill
Sneesby's presentation about manipulation she pre-
sented at congress from the link below.
Images must be entered via PhotoVaultOnline and
should be sized as for monthly competitions, i.e. 1920
pixels wide or 1080 pixels high, and a maximum of 2
Mbyte. The winners will be announced at the annual
awards function on the 27th of November.

PSSA anniversary exhibition
to benefit SANParks Honorary Rangers

The travelling print exhibition to celebrate PSSAs 70th
Anniversary is well under way. After successful exhibi-
tions by Eden Photographic Society in Mossel Bay and
at the PSSA Congress in Parys, preparations are under
way for the next stop at the Snowflake Venue in Potch-
When will images be disqualified? efstroom. This exhibition opens on 10 October and will

Salon entrants are probably aware that images could be end on 22 October.
disqualified (DQ) ... but sometimes they are unclear what All the images, plus descriptions by the authors, can be
the reason was. Click here to download the informative viewed in a booklet on the PSSA website here — or scan
presentation by Honours Panel Chair Jill Sneesby at the the QR Code above with an app on your phone.
PSSA Congress on manipulation and DQs of images.
All the featured prints are for sale (on canvas or fine art
Set Subjects to the end of 2024 paper and in various sizes) and all the profit, after the
cost of the printing has been deducted, will be donated
November 2024: Nostalgia. to the SANParks Honorary Rangers. The prices range
Enter 30 October — competition evening 6 November. from R880 for an A3 on Fine Art paper to R2 100 for an
Create an image that evokes a sense of nostalgia in the A1 Premium Canvas Stretched print delivered. Please
viewer. Colour or monochrome. Manipulation allowed. contact pssaprints@gmail.com.
December 2024: Nature — Birds Only. NB salon news for Juniors!
Enter 27 November — competition evening 4 December.
Nature images of birds – subjects may be in controlled If you are ranked Beginner or Intermediate, please
conditions. Photographs of feral/domestic/farm birds or take note of the PSSA Up & Coming Salon, closing
mounted specimens are ineligible. Human elements, if on 19 October. See more on the PSSA website. This
present, should not detract from, or overpower, the sub- salon is aimed at Juniors who do not normally enter
ject. Manipulation is NOT allowed. Colour only. salons so that they can compete against their peers.

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